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World Cup winner Paolo Rossi dies aged 64
Paolo Rossi, the top scorer in Italy’s 1982 World Cup-winning campaign, has died at the age of 64.
The news was announced on Thursday by Italian TV channel RAI Sport, for whom Rossi had been working as a pundit.
“Such terribly sad news: Paolo Rossi has left us,” said RAI Sport presenter Enrico Varriale, who did not disclose the cause of death...
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